Islamic research

Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming lessons in Switzerland

File photo of a swimming pool

A European court has ruled that Muslim girls must take part in mixed school swimming classes after rejecting a case by a Turkish-Swiss couple who had requested that their daughters be exempted from such activities. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday accepted that the refusal by Swiss …

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Iraq Vice President : Iran the sole country to help Iraq stand up to Daesh

Iraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki speaks to reporters in Tehran on January 2, 2017. (Photo by IRNA)

WILAYAH WITH AGENCIES – Iraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki has hailed Iran’s support for his country in the fight against terrorist groups, saying the Islamic Republic alone came to the help of Iraq in the war on Daesh Takfiri militants. The Iraqi armed forces did not possess adequate weapons to fight …

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Hamza Yusuf stokes controversy with comments about Black Lives Matter and political Islam

The prominent American Muslim theologian Shaykh Hamza Yusuf has been widely criticised for comments he made about the Black Lives Matter Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizb ut-Tahrir. Answering a question about whether Muslims should get more involved in the Black Lives Matter Movement which campaigns against systematic violence and …

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Iran sends two more consignments of relief aid to Syria’s Aleppo

The Islamic Republic of Iran has dispatched two more consignments of humanitarian aid to people in Syria’s recently-liberated northwestern city of Aleppo. President of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Amir Mohsen Ziaee told the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) News Agency that the body had sent 70 tonnes …

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Islamic organisation sends Christmas message to Churches in UK

A UK-based Muslim organisation has produced Christmas cards and delivered a message to the Church wishing them a happy festive season. The letter which was published by the Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission outlined the importance of standing up for justice and remembered those suffering around the world. AIM wrote in its …

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TV drone shot down in Tehran as it nears residence of Supreme Leader

Residents of downtown Tehran awoke to the sound of anti-aircraft fire as the army shot down a state TV drone that officials said had flown too close to the residence of Iran’s supreme leader. Mohsen Hamadani, the deputy governor of Tehran, was quoted by the semi-official ISNA news agency as …

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To protect themselves, more American Muslim women give up hijab

‘I’m sad about what it means about our religious freedoms in general in our country; I’m sad that I had to give it up,’ says Nassrene Elmadhun, a Boston surgeon who stopped wearing her headscarf after a man threatened her and her toddler. NEW YORK—Three and a half years ago, …

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British people hugely overestimate the number of Muslims in the UK, says new survey

Britons think country is more conservative, more miserable and more Muslim than it actually is. British people have a heavily skewed perspective on the reality of life in the UK, a new survey suggests – but are still more accurate in their evaluations than the populations of most countries. The …

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Terrorists Resort to 7-Year-Old Girl to Carry out Suicide Bombing in Damascus

In continuation of their atrocious crimes against the entire humanity, the takfiri terrorists chose a seven-year-old girl to carry out a suicide bombing in Syria’s capital Damascus, according to Al-Manar reporter. In details, the female kid, holding a hidden explosive belt, entered a police station in Midan neighbourhood in Damascus …

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International Islamic Unity Conference Kicks off in Tehran

The 30th Islamic unity conference kicked off in Tehran on Thursday (December 15, 2016)

The 30th Islamic unity conference kicked off in Tehran on Thursday, with scholars and religious thinkers from more than 50 countries across the World attending the event. President of Iran, Shaykh Hasan Rouhani opened the conference, entitled “Unity, Necessity of Countering Takfiri movements”. The role of Takfiri currents in fomenting …

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